oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I remember that!!!!! Really refreshing!!! I only had that once..in Mexico of course!

It's great you tried "raspados", even if it was only once!! Every time I had the oportunity, I ask for one (de grosella, my favorite); it's kind of magic, the very taste of it brings me back to my childhood.

Laura and Vicente, here in México we have an ice cream fair every year in some ot the little towns that surround Mexico City, and you wouldn't believe the flavors they have: tequila, for instance, and rum, of course, but also flavors (and ingredients) like shrimp, oysters, chicharrón, avocado, mole (have you ever tried mexican mole?), bubble gum, mamey (una verdadera delicia), guanábana (otra exquisitez de helado), and many more.

¡Ay chihuahua! CarlosRoberto, oyster ice cream!!!? ¿En serio!?

Of course, the first time I heard of jalapeño candy many years ago I thought that sounded weird too but it was delicious. So maybe when we go to the ice cream fair with Laura I'll try the shrimp and chicharrón.

I've had chicken mole but I don't really know what's in it. One of my ex-wives used to make it with a mole mixture that came in a small jar. It had chocolate in it. I've heard that there are different recipes for mole.

I've had chicken mole but I don't really know what's in it. One of my ex-wives used to make it with a mole mixture that came in a small jar. It had chocolate in it. I've heard that there are different recipes for mole.

You're right, variations depend on the region mole is prepared, end even the person who prepares it, but here are the main ingredients mole has to have:

Next time you come to Mexico, you have to try mole poblano, perhaps the best of them all!!!

And actually I also prefer camarones al ajillo than in ice cream, Sandra, but it was an interesting experience to try all those strange flavors. Yes, I suppose you've never had hailstorms in Cuba, with that marvelous Caribbean climate you have, but even though in Mexico City we have never seen snow because it's hot most of the time, it hails (graniza) very frequently.

in Mexico City we have never seen snow because it's hot most of the time, it hails (graniza) very frequently.

Wow, I really had no idea about hailstorms in Mexico. You also have a beautiful climate for sure although in some regions it can get very cold, something that does not happen here at all. And sometimes I really feel like having some cold weather, believe me!!